Today in the News: Man comes back to life in body bag

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Feb 28, 2014 at 8:00 PMMar 3, 2014 at 8:36 PM

Quote of note

"It [his pacemaker] could've kicked in, started his heart back. The bottom line is it's a miracle." - Coroner Dexter Howard of Holmes County, Miss., talking about an 78-year-old who was declared dead and then woke up in a body bag. Workers at a funeral home saw that the body bag was moving and found the man alive.

News to know

Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was acquitted today of charges of driving under the influence of drugs. The trial lasted four days, and the jury deliberated for a little more than an hour before acquitting her.